Re: [Bug-gnuzilla] Suggestion: .gnuzilla/icecat/ instead of .mozilla/icecat/

[Narcis Garcia]

There are GNU/Linux distributions that allow to install Mozilla Firefox
AND Gnuzilla Icecat as different applications. This scenario makes sense
to have different paths for user's profile, same as makes sense to have
different paths for software in the system.


El 15/06/16 a les 18:54, Daniel Quintiliani ha escrit:
> Hi,
> 
> I think it's a better idea to keep all the Mozilla-based products' profiles 
> in the same predictable place. Thunderbird, Tor Browser Bundle, etc.
> 
> BTW, any new info on the v45 security issues vs the cookie prompt? Were we 
> going to backport the security updates to v38, or move forward to v45 like 
> TBB has, possibly including one of the add-ons Mozilla recommended?
> 
> Personally I can't imagine using a cookie prompt for each site (plus every 
> banner ad and invisible GIF?) and always found it better to clean cookies on 
> shutdown, and have done so pretty much all my life. I wouldn't mind 
> sacrificing such a feature in exchange for fixing security issues now and 
> more easily in the future.
> 
> --
> 
> -Dan Q
> 
> On Wed, 15 Jun 2016 15:07:34 +0300, Tiberiu-Cezar Tehnoetic <address@hidden> 
> wrote:
> 
>> Hello,
>>
>> I'm impressed with the new GNU IceCat maintained by Ruben.
>>
>> However, I would love to see the profiles stored under .gnuzilla/icecat/
>> instead of the current path .mozilla/icecat/.
>>
>> Is there a technical reason why this shouldn't be possible? I'm thinking
>> maybe backward compatibility?
>>
>> Please let me know.
>> Tiberiu
>>
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